'Public health problem' presentation slideshows

Screening and its Useful Tools

South Asian Cardiovascular Research Methodology Workshop. Basic Epidemiology. Screening and its Useful Tools. Thomas Songer, PhD. Screening. The early detection of disease precursors of disease susceptibility to disease in individuals who do not show any signs of disease. Goel.

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Drought in Kenya and its Humanitarian consequences

Drought in Kenya and its Humanitarian consequences. Introduction. Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASAL) cover about 88% of the total area of the country. Arid areas - 125 and 500 mm of rainfall p.a. Semi arid areas - 400 and 1250 mm of rainfall p.a. The economic mainstay - livestock production.

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Meeting Public health challenges for controlling HCV infection WHO informal consultation with VHPB Geneva, May 13-14, 2

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Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) 2012: Best Practices for Documenting Nonpoint Source Needs

Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) 2012: Best Practices for Documenting Nonpoint Source Needs. Presenter: Karen Fligger, EPA. Collecting and Entering NPS Data. What is Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution?. Does not have a single point of origin

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How to write a study protocol

How to write a study protocol. Hanne-Merete Eriksen (based on Epiet 2004). Study protocol : What?. Describes every step of a study identification of the problem application of the results Answers relevant questions Public health problem: Important? Study question: relevant to the problem?

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Choosing the Right Vaccine

Choosing the Right Vaccine. A brief presentation on hepatitis B & Haemophilus influenzae type b infections and choosing the right vaccines to prevent them. ************. Choosing the Right Vaccine. Guiding principles for choosing to introduce a vaccine Disease burden Cost benefit

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Using antibiotics prudently

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Urinary Iodine Presenter; Ed Sorich Director Complete Wellbeing Solutions, Australia.

Urinary Iodine Presenter; Ed Sorich Director Complete Wellbeing Solutions, Australia. Background. Iodine deficiency occurs in large areas of the world, with approx. 1 billion at risk. Leading preventable cause of mental retardation and goitre. Obesity epidemic?? Mobile, cheap, screening

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Understanding Obesity through Sociology

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Bridging the Return: Helping inmates with SMI to reenter society

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History of OxyContin: Labeling and Risk Management Program

History of OxyContin: Labeling and Risk Management Program. Robert B. Shibuya, M.D. Medical Team Leader Division of Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Rheumatology Products Office of Drug Evaluation II. OxyContin: Approval. OxyContin was approved on December 12, 1995. Launched in 1996

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Air Pollution

Air Pollution. Dr. R. B. Schultz. Air Pollution and Weather. Air pollution and weather are linked in two ways. One way concerns the influence that weather conditions have on the dilution and dispersal of air pollutants.

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FAMILY VIOLENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

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a WHO initiative to combat counterfeit medical products

a WHO initiative to combat counterfeit medical products. Dr V. Reggi - World Health Organization. WHO definition.

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Global best practices addressing Gender-based violence (GBV) in reproductive health (RH) programs

Global best practices addressing Gender-based violence (GBV) in reproductive health (RH) programs. Sarah Bott, Consultant to the Futures Group. Why Should RH Programs Address GBV. Prevention: Can reframe GBV as a public health problem Can apply public health approaches to prevention

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Writing a Good Policy

Writing a Good Policy. Geraldine S. Perry, DrPH, RD Member of The Science Board Governing Council Food and Nutrition Section American Pubic Health Association. Purpose. To identify the basic characteristics of a good policy To outline the key components of a well written policy.

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Incidence and Prevalence of Scleritis and Episcleritis In Veterans Affairs Medical Centers of the Pacific Northwest

Epidemiology of Uveitis. Incidence and Prevalence of Scleritis and Episcleritis In Veterans Affairs Medical Centers of the Pacific Northwest. ASCRS 2008 - Chicago Michael Lloyd, MD, Eric B. Suhler, MD, MPH Dept of Ophthalmology, Portland VA Medical Center

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Viral Hepatitis

Viral Hepatitis. Sarah Weninger Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator Division of Disease Control www.ndhealth.gov/disease / Phone: 701-328-2366 E-mail: sweninger@nd.gov. Viral Hepatitis Services .

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By: Alexia Kim

Malaria. By: Alexia Kim. April16, 2008. Facts. FACTS. Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal dieses caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of misquote which feeds on humans. About 1,300 cases of malaria are diagnosed each year.

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The Migrant Experience

The Migrant Experience. Table of Contents . What is was the Migrant Experience??? The People The Drought The Great Depression The Dust Storm The Move The End. What is the Migrant Experience???.

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